EXCERPT: “Tina Smith has only been a U.S. senator for about three weeks but she is already actively looking at how to solve problems. Smith was in Rochester Saturday to talk about how to increase and maintain affordable housing in the area, ‘If you don’t have a safe affordable place to live, then you can’t go to work, you can’t get your education, really nothing works in your life.’ Some of the discussion included learning about the Rochester Area Foundation’s new coalition and alliance.” FULLSTORY: http://bit.ly/2DGnHWH